Organ concert to be held at Porter Center

From staff reports

Published: Friday, April 5, 2013 at 4:34 p.m.

Last Modified: Friday, April 5, 2013 at 4:34 p.m.

BREVARD, N.C. – The Western North Carolina Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and Brevard College’s Division of Fine Arts will host a concert by organist Dr. Joby Bell at 3 p.m. Sunday at Brevard College’s Porter Center for Performing Arts.

The three-manual, 69-rank instrument was built by the Daniel Jaeckel Organ Co. of Duluth, Minn., and installed in the Porter Center’s Scott Concert Hall in 2003.

Bell has performed at the invitation of numerous chapters and conventions of the American Guild of Organists, the Victoria Bach Festival, the Houston Masterworks Chorus, the Washington National Cathedral and conferences on worship and music at Montreat and at Lake Junaluska. His concertizing throughout the United States has met with high acclaim, while his performances abroad have been enthusiastically received in Paris, Chartres, London, and throughout southern England, Scotland, Romania and Hungary.

Bell earned a Bachelor of Music degree in organ and piano from Appalachian State University and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in organ from Rice University. He previously served as associate director of music for the Church of St. John the Divine and as organist for St. Philip Presbyterian Church and First Presbyterian Church, all in Houston. Most recently, he served as organist for the First Presbyterian Church of Lenoir.

The event is free. Call 828-884-8211 for more information.

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